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That, rather than rewarding skilled players with fun, instead seem to crank the difficulty up to 11.

If we miss out on any challenging bonus stages, be sure to tell us about your own brutal experiences in the comments.

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Dirt it into someone Loves Number 10 Bloodstained Sanctuary Cave Story.

After defeating these supposed final boss of Cave story, gamers have the option of stopping in at a safe point before jumping off the collapsing island.

The game takes place on within.

A passage opens to the bloodstained sanctuary on intense gauntlet full of spikes, blind drops, challenging enemies, collapsing ceilings and several bosses in the second of which has four stages.

In addition, the screen is shaking from the setting, literally collapsing around you.

Is it any wonder that this level is nicknamed hell?

Still, at least the song is a banger.

Number nine pit of 100 Trials Paper Mario Franchise.

Most of these entries will focus on bonus levels from a single game, but in the case of the paper Mario Games, there's actually a recurring, punishingly difficult extra stage.

The pit of 100 trials first appears in paper Mario, the 1000 year door, where the player must battle through 100 floors of increasingly difficult enemies with healing blocks or say Point.

Although the option to leave is given every 10 floors a Ziff that's not challenging enough super paper.

Mario ups the ante by featuring not one but two pits of 100 trials.

Both feature rooms full of enemies who must be defeated in order to find the key and advance to the next room.

The flop side trials are notably harder.

Oh, number eight.

The vault of Glass Destiny.

Most missions in destiny require around three people to complete.

For the vault of glass, you'll need six.

Located on Venus, the vault of glass pits players against waves of difficult enemies, as well as a labyrinth that encompasses a stealth section, platform ing sections and two bosses.

Yeah, players need to be at least level 26 to even stand a chance against most of the enemies.

And if you're playing on hard mode, good luck, because the rate is made even more unforgiving by preventing you from reviving your teammates, meaning that you have to complete the whole thing with one life.

The game may be called destiny, but faith doesn't mean something is easy.

Number seven.

Arch Dragon Peak.

Dark souls.

Three.

Yeah, pretty much any area of any souls Game is bound to be ridiculously tough, but this beautiful section of dark souls three is also one that you won't want to praise, regardless of whether it's sunny or not.

Not only is your way blocked by Y Vern's, but you also have to contend with some of the most irritating regular enemies in the game.

For dessert, there's the hardest boss in the base game, the nameless King who, when he isn't using his fire breathing mount to turn you into cinders, is thoroughly wrecking you with his lightning attacks.

Number six Apotheosis Fire emblem awakening.

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The Fire Emblem franchise can feature some unforgiving strategy RPG gameplay, particularly in higher difficulties, as dead characters stay that way forever.

But that last D, L C level and Fire Emblem awakening is hard.

Regardless of what difficulty you pick Ray.

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Regular enemies are equipped with powerful boss level skills, which can make even grunts a challenge to take down.

To make matters worse, players must overcome five waves of these powerful adversaries with Onley Brief respites z boring May.

Hello, that was mine Number five.

Hectic Doom 64.

Yeah, many will try, but only the best will reap it's rewards.

This hidden level must be completed to unlock the features menu, which could be used to input cheats.

It's just too bad, because it can sometimes feel necessary to use cheats to beat hectic hospitality.

Although not especially large, the stage is full of booby traps, many of which are placed on useful items.

It also contains powerful enemies that will ambush you in the tiny rooms, giving you very little room to maneuver.

Still, if you can keep your head and solve the puzzles set before you, you can escape hectic with your life and the ability to cheat and reach mawr.

Secret levels get a little number four.

Bloody palace Devil may cry four Yeah, yeah, Our place Bloody Palace is a game mode that Rikers throughout the devil may cry.

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The general idea is that the player must battle their way through a series of floors while fighting semi random sets of foes until you reach the end there consistently challenging.

But the iteration and D.

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C four is probably the most excruciating.

Okay, enemies in this bloody palace are mostly set.

The twist, however, is that you start with a set amount of time, and the only way to increase the amount you have is through defeating enemies quickly or stylishly.

So not only do you have to defeat a gauntlet of foes, you have to do it quickly and look cool doing it.

No pressure, Thanks Number three.

The Trial of the Sword.

The Legend of Zelda.

Breath of the Wild.

No progressive floors of increasingly difficult enemies are nothing new for our list or for the Legend of Zelda franchise.

Breath of the Wild arguably makes things easier on players in some ways, by separating the trials into chunks, which can be tackled fresh after departing the area.

However, it's still incredibly tough to get through for one simple reason.

You lose all of your items, weapons and armor whenever you go into it.

Family while picking up weapons dropped by enemies is par for the course in breath of the wild, losing everything and then having to do a marathon battle against powerful foes will test even the most seasoned high rule veterans Number two.

Chapter nine Farewell Celeste Mm Celeste is one of the most charming and challenging platforms to come out in recent years, but some of its extra stages can be downright cruel.

In order to unlock this final level, however, you have to get through all of the rest of Celeste's tough levels, and your reward is the most difficulty and longest chapter in the game.

Mhm, Yeah, featuring essentially every mechanic in the game, as well as introducing new ones to keep you on your toes.

Chapter nine Farewell also removes some of your greatest assets, like the ability to double dash in mid air.

This self reflection and personal growth better be worth all the hassle before we get to our topic.

Here are a few honorable mentions.

Stormy Ascent, Crash Bandicoot, Insane trilogy, moving platforms everywhere.

Long journeys end Super Mario Odyssey challenging platform ing from throughout the whole game and zero checkpoints.

The challenge.

The witness timed ever changing puzzles That's fair.

Don't a Z Tech GoldenEye double 07 No health refills, tons of strong enemies and a tough boss.

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Number one.

Path of Pain Hollow Knight Mhm.

The area is called Path of Pain for good reason.

A treacherous route full of instant death spikes, razor blades and platform ing designed to give you a migraine.

The path of pain is an absolute nightmare for all but the most skilled hollow knight players.

You're going to die and die and die again until you either get good or quit out of frustration.

Even the end of the platform ing offers little respite, since you have to take on two of the powerful kings mold enemies at once.

Rest easy, though.

Once you beat path of pain.

The entrances sealed up, so you'll never be troubled by it again.

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